Before you bank on a peak in sales from your upcoming Christmas album, it’s important to note that the behavior of music consumers has changed.

The increasing prevalence of streaming has turned the industry into more of a 12-months-a-year enterprise, with digital distributors not marketing specifically for the holidays anymore. Read more about the new (or the […]

While Apple Music’s subscriber count is currently at 21 million, just edging out Spotify with 20 million, feeding this is the fact that Spotify has a free, ad-supported tier that users can choose, while Apple Music does not.

Spotify still controls the global paid music streaming market with a roughly 62 percent share.

We launched the first of our curated playlists this week with a collection of our favs for the fall season. The playlist includes NEEDTOBREATHE, Ingrid Michaelson, The New Schematics, for KING & COUNTRY, Paper Jackets, RayLand Baxter + more!

Soaring melodies, driving rhythms, theatrical instrumentation and personal themes are the heartbeat of for KING & COUNTRY. The Australian duo, comprised of brothers Joel and Luke Smallbone, raised expectations with the release of 2012’s Crave, winning Billboard’s New Artists to Watch for 2012 & their sophomore effort RUN WILD. LIVE FREE. LOVE STRONG. debuted at […]

Streaming becomes more and more relevant with the steady growth of paid subscribers (now totaling 46.3 million), while “old school” CDs are continually being replaced by the even older school medium, vinyl records.

Read more about the revenue growth in all sides of the music industry here.

Don’t have a distributor for your new release? This could be a non-issue very soon. Spotify has now launched a new beta feature that allows you to directly upload your music. This feature is invite-only for now, but it looks like it will be open to every artist in the near future.